Allegations that the Thorndike Fire Department leadership is unprofessional and has endangered the lives of firefighters from other communities are having an incendiary effect on the small town and its volunteer-run department. Read More
Two images show a box of an old friend’s cremated remains. It was someone he used to do drugs with, someone who didn’t make it. Read More
Essential Reads
No one will ever know how Kaiser, a 5-year-old king shepherd, made his way from Ashby, Massachusetts, to South Paris over the past eight months, but Tom Woollacott and his two small children don’t really care. They're just happy to have him back. Read More
If Downtown Bangor Coordinator Betsy Lundy gets her way, there will be a giant water slide down Park Street this summer, along with a 60-foot-wide tethered helium balloon hovering above Pickering Square, offering rides. Read More
19 years ago, these four men were teammates. Now, they’re all coaching teams in this year’s tourney.
Members of Shead’s 1999-2000 boys basketball team have figured prominently in recent tournaments. Four players from that squad are varsity head coaches — all of which have qualified for postseason play again this year. Read More
Although the numbers are small, a rise in teen smoking rates is cause for concern. Read More
Top-seed Boothbay girls continued their undefeated streak Tuesday despite a tough battle from No. 8 Saint Dominic Academy of Auburn. Read More
A judge set bail on Tuesday at $50,000 for a former Brewer man who fled Maine after allegedly threatening to kill his former girlfriend by burning her house down. Read More
Friday was Vaughn Smith’s 83rd birthday. Meeting the Marginally Famous Bangor Police Department Duck of Justice WAS on his bucket-list. Vaughn has a duck puppet. Nope, not kidding. Melody thought it was real. I still do. Vaughn is an artist. Vaughn’s wife and daughter came with him on this momentous… Read More
